What's the deal with "teh"?

[Kopper]

Am I missing something? I see "the" spelled "teh" all the time. Is it just an accidental thing or is there some reason/joke/whatever behind it. Maybe I'm just clueless but I don't get it.

So what's teh deal?

[jennylou]

I just thought it was an annoying typo.

[KB57]

yeah, just a typo, AFAIK anyway

[Liz]

I have noticed alot of people saying teh instead of the. I think its just a typo, but I wish people would quickly check for typos!

[Sha259]

Yeah, I think it's just one of those typos that you get if you type too fast. I'm sure most people don't even realize it.

[Hello Kitty]

Well, I think most times on CC, it's a typo, but it's actually an internet slang and some people do it on purpose.

[lowcountrywed]

It is a common typo/mispelling, but it is used by some computer geek types or gamers to emphasize the word following it. At least, I think that's right.

[Kopper]

Well, I think most times on CC, it's a typo, but it's actually an internet slang and some people do it on purpose.

Thanks for the link! I've seen it in a lot more places than CC. So it has had me wondering.

Another word I have wondered about lately is pleaded vs. pled. It's seems in my limited googling that both are correct but pleaded still sounds wrong to me. You say bleed/bleeding/bled why is plead/pleading/pleaded correct? You wouldn't say bleeded.

[jajacobsen]

Well I type teh all the time - by accident. I can't have any of those fancy downloaded spell checks on my work computer and sometimes I am typing and even reading when I check -too fast. I'm a crappy typist.

[Tandis]

It seemed to me like it started to pop up with the increasing popularity of LOLCats. Or at least that's when I started to see it more often.

And like someone else said, it's also used to emphasize the word following.